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Neuroscientist Miriam Goodman and members of her lab talk about their paths to neuroscience and the kind of failure that is essential to science.

Three Stanford schools – Engineering, Medicine, and Humanities and Sciences – have opened the doors of their laboratories to teachers.

Observations of cellular life in a local marsh led researchers to the discovery of a new type of intercellular communication.

The Rita Allen Foundation has named LAUREN O’CONNELL, assistant professor of biology, and VIVIANNE TAWFIK, assistant professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine, to its 2019 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating 10...

Two Stanford historians discuss how the United States’ Declaration of Independence became one of the pillars of American civic life.

On a working wind farm, Stanford researchers have shown that angling turbines slightly away from the wind can boost energy produced overall and even out the otherwise variable supply.

Not only are women underrepresented at scientific meetings, they participate less than men in question-and-answer sessions, self-limiting their involvement and participation. But a public discussion of the problem helps.

Stanford historian Estelle Freedman reflects on the legacy of the Stonewall riots.

New research examined how Republicans and Democrats express themselves online in an attempt to understand how polarization of beliefs occurs on social media.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency replaced the Obama-era Clean Power Plan this week with one that focuses on efficiency improvements at generating stations. Stanford experts on law, energy policy and economics discuss the move and its...

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The Bechtel International Center recently announced that 27 people with Stanford affiliations, including seniors, graduate students and alumni, have won grants to pursue special projects abroad next year with funding from the FULBRIGHT U.S. STUDENT...

The geographic divide, which pits Democratic voters living mostly in cities against Republicans in exurban and rural areas, has an impact on representation and policymaking, Stanford scholar Jonathan Rodden says.

As global temperatures climb, the risk of armed conflict is expected to increase dramatically, according to experts across several fields.